Pentax K-1: The True Best Night Photography Camera
Packed with a ton of night photography-specific features, I’m here to tell you why the Pentax K-1 is truly the king of night photography cameras.
I’m writing this piece...
How to Photograph Orion
Many Milky Way photographers put their cameras away during the winter months. It's not that it's too cold (although that's a good excuse in the northern hemisphere). They start...
How to Capture the Milky Way in Heavy Light Pollution
How is this possible?
When you think of photographing the Milky Way, you usually think of doing it from a dark location away from light pollution. What if I told...
Noise-Free Star Photos – a Starry Sky Stacker Review
Starry Sky Stacker
Starry Sky Stacker, from the developers of Starry Landscape Stacker, is a Mac-only image stacking program that allows you to stack, or combine, images of deep-sky objects...
Airborne Astrophotography
Commercial pilot Ralf Rohner shares tips and tricks on how you can photograph the Milky Way and night sky from a jet airplane.
Milky Way Photography for Beginners – Research, Location Scouting and Apps
In Part Two, I cover the "In The Field" portion of a Milky Way adventure - from pre-trip items you should look at to prepping the camera before the...
Perfect Focus with a Bahtinov Mask!
What is a Bahtinov Mask?
A Bahtinov mask is a device used to help focus telescopes but can also be used to achieve focus on any camera with a telephoto...
How to Remove Coma Aberration From Your Astro Images
What is Coma Aberration? Before we start talking about how to remove or even avoid coma in your astrophotography images, lets first talk about coma aberration. It is an...
Pentax D FA★ 85mm f/1.4 Review – For Astro!
The Holy Grail for Pentaxians?
Shipping early July in 2020, to say the Pentax HD D FA* 85mm f/1.4 ED SDM AW was a highly anticipated lens among Pentax users...
Milky Way Photography for Beginners – Post Processing
Welcome to the final installment of our series devoted to beginning Milky Way photographers. In Part One, we covered research options such as apps that we use. Part Two...
